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Reserve requirements

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

The percentage of deposits that a depository institution may not lend out or invest and must hold either as vault cash or on deposit at a Federal Reserve Bank. Reserve requirements affect the potential of the banking system to create transaction deposits.

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Entity Type

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Information Class

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Variants

plural
Reserve requirementses
possessive
Reserve requirements's
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Reserve requirementses'